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What's missing in Silverlight 2..Net?

I just started developing in Silverlight 2 and didn’t come across the "missing parts" of .Net that I used in the full version. Did you find something missing in Silverlight 2..NET that (1) you missed, (2) really needed, or (3) had to drop Silverlight 2 because it was missing?

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I definitely missed VisualBrush, I actually used it for speculation and stuff, and I missed it. I also miss bitmap effects a lot. Dropshadows are critical to building an RIA, and the solutions I've seen for Dropshadows are really bad hacks.



This is mostly in terms of XAML.

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The brushes were also a pain in my neck for me. Although ImageBrush derives from TileBrush, it doesn't really have a way to fill it. This makes it difficult to display textures. Also, there are no base classes or interfaces for creating custom brush classes, so we just have to wait for this feature to appear in a future version. Grrrrr .....



Other than that, I found the feature set very rich. They even added some great features like Dependency Properties.

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Consuming datasets / data, binding them to objects or using them.

I know they are missing on purpose to reduce the deployed footprint of Silverlight, but this is a very important part of the framework, even in 2009.

Miniature version of System.Data p>

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